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Event: Eye On School Success, An Online Conference
Track: Common Core Made Easy
Session: Common Core State Standards... Only the Beginning CC03
Presenter: Barbara Blackburn
Live Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Now Available On Demand!
How can increasing the level of rigor in your classroom help you address the Common Core State Standards? How can you use the Common Core State Standards to create rigorous expectations for your students? Join us for this Common Core Made Easy session as Barbara Blackburn answers these questions and more!
Participants will leave understanding:
- The difference between High-Expectation Language and Low-Expectation Language
- How to use the Common Core State Standards as a foundation for rigor
- How to implement the Common Core State Standards
- How having rigorous expectations will help you reach the Common Core State Standards
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The strategies you will learn can be incorporated immediately across content areas, grades, and subjects. Barbara Blackburn will clearly define what rigor is and how individual teachers can provide challenging learning experiences in their classrooms to prepare students for a better future. Learn how you can create a rigorous environment to help all learners succeed!
About the Presenter
Dr. Barbara Blackburn has dedicated her life to raising the level of rigor and motivation for professional educators and students alike. She as taught early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school students and has served as an educational consultant for three publishing companies. In addition to speaking at state and national conferences, she also regularly presents workshops for teachers and administrators in elementary, middle, and high schools.
Dr. Blackburn has written numerous titles, including Rigor in Your School: A Toolkit for Leaders, Rigor is NOT a Four-Letter Word and Literacy From A to Z: Engaging Students in Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening.